The underwater Randian dystopia of the first game, for all its decline into madness, felt like a living thing.

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Hampikian's hypothetical society, with a sex ratio of zero, would be a dystopia for women, and not only because they'd be deprived of entertainment.

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LONDON, England (CNN) -- From rebellious mechanoids taking over our lives to subservient droids that do our bidding, concepts of robots are often stuck in versions of fictional dystopia.

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Harris creates a dystopia in order to redeem it.

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All the same, the juxtaposition of brutality and improbable chivalry, in a dystopia built on the foundations of "Blade Runner, " "Brazil" and even "Naked City, " is a vision that's hard to dismiss.

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The Gotham of Christopher Nolan's The Dark Knight is actually Chicago, and for the residents of the Windy City, having their city chosen to depict urban dystopia is just another thing to be proud of.

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The gold standard was dystopia.

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